Go Away!
Genesis 11

The Big Idea
But you are a chosen race, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his
own possession, that you may proclaim
the excellencies of him who called you out
of darkness into his marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:9 (ESV) 2

Go Away!
Genesis 11

Image bearers, be fruitful and cover the earth
The nations refused to follow God.
Eden, Pre-flood, Covenant w/Noah, Babel debacle
Humanized God
God scatters the people of the earth.
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The “Begats” Again!
These are the generations of Shem: Shem
was an hundred years old, and begat
Arphaxad two years after the flood:
Genesis 11:10 (KJV) 5

Short Cut
Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah; Eber,
Peleg, Reu; Serug, Nahor, Terah;
Abram, that is, Abraham.
1 Chronicles 1:24–27 6

1. Recover all
men.
2. Bless the
whole world.
3. Create a
solution
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What was the
purpose of
establishing
this line?

God wants a relational solution
Heavenly Host
Adam and Eve walked and talked
Humans in general
Israel
Christians
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The Scattering
So the LORD dispersed them from there over the
face of all the earth, and they left off building the
city. Therefore its name was called Babel because
there the LORD confused the language of all the
earth. And from there the LORD dispersed them
over the face of the earth.
Genesis 11:8–9 (ESV) 9

Disinherits the
Nations
God Wants Everyone
Sends them away
Chooses to make a nation
Bring salvation
Open to everyone
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What was on God’s mind
And I will make of you a great
nation, and I will bless you and
make your name great so that
you will be a blessing.
Genesis 12:2 (ESV) 11

God’s Plan
…if you will obey my voice and keep my
covenant, you shall be my treasured possession
among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and
you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a
holy nation…
Exodus 19:5b–6a (ESV) 12

God’s Own People
For you are a people holy to the LORD your
God. The LORD your God has chosen you
to be a people for his treasured
possession, out of all the peoples who are
on the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 7:6 (ESV) 13

God’s Plan
1. Make His own nation
2. They will be a shining
example
3. The nations will see
4. They choose to serve
Him 14

Question
What about the other Nations?
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Another reference to the scattering
The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his
ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and
without iniquity, just and upright is he.
Deuteronomy 32:4–7 (ESV) 16

Another reference to the scattering
They have dealt corruptly with him; they
are no longer his children because they
are blemished; they are a crooked and
twisted generation.
Deuteronomy 32:4–7 (ESV) 17

Another reference to the scattering
Do you thus repay the LORD, you foolish
and senseless people? Is not He your
father, who created you, who made you
and established you?
Deuteronomy 32:4–7 (ESV) 18

Another reference to the scattering
Remember the days of old; consider the
years of many generations; ask your
father, and he will show you, your elders,
and they will tell you.
Deuteronomy 32:4–7 (ESV) 19

The Table of Nations
They were corrupt
Rejected God
No longer His children
A long time ago
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The next verse
When the Most High gave to
the nations their inheritance,
when he divided mankind, He
fixed the borders of the
peoples according to the
number of the sons of God.
Deuteronomy 32:8 (ESV) 21

God at work
And he made from one man every nation
of mankind to live on all the face of the
earth, having determined allotted periods
and the boundaries of their dwelling place,
Acts 17:26 (ESV) 22

Sons, Tribes, Nations
These are the clans of the sons of
Noah, according to their genealogies,
in their nations, and from these the
nations spread abroad on the earth
after the flood.
Genesis 10:32 (ESV) 23

Sons of who?
What’s this
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From the Masoretic Text
When the Most High divided their
inheritance to the nations, When He
separated the sons of Adam, He set the
boundaries of the peoples According to
the number of the children of Israel.
New King James
Deuteronomy 32:8 (NKJV) 25

From the Septuagint
that God Most High gave land to every
nation. He assigned a guardian angel to
each of them,
Contemporary English Version
Deuteronomy 32:8 (CEV) 26

From the Dead Sea Scrolls
When the Most High gave to the nations
their inheritance, when he divided
mankind, he fixed the borders of the
peoples according to the number of the
sons of God.
English Standard Version
Deuteronomy 32:8 (ESV) 27

God assigns protectors
Bene-Elohim
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God’s Heavenly Council
Let the heavens praise your wonders, O LORD, your
faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones! For
who in the skies can be compared to the LORD?
Who among the heavenly beings [bene-elohim] is
like the LORD, a God
Psalm 89:5–8 (ESV) 29

God’s Heavenly Council
greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones,
and awesome above all who are around him? O
LORD God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O
LORD, with your faithfulness all around you?
Psalm 89:5–8 (ESV) 30

What happens?
God places lesser divine beings over the nations.
He claims only Abraham and his descendants
There is a drawback to free will
Became the false gods of the nations
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Something went wrong again
God[Elohim] has taken his place in the divine
council; in the midst of the [elohim(s)] gods, he
holds judgment: “How long will you judge
unjustly and show partiality to the wicked?
Selah Give justice to the weak and the
Psalm 82 (ESV) 32

Something went wrong again
fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and
the destitute! Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” They
have neither knowledge nor understanding,
they walk about in darkness;
Psalm 82 (ESV) 33

Something went wrong again
all the foundations of the earth are shaken. I
said, "You are gods [elohim(s)], sons of the Most
High [bene-elyon], all of you; nevertheless, like
men you shall die, and fall like any prince.”
Arise, O God, judge the earth; for you shall
inherit all the nations
Psalm 82 (ESV) 34

Another Divine Rebellion!
 Divine Counsel
 God is in charge
 Sons of God-“You are Elohim”
 Judgment against the rebels
 God issues a death sentence
 God will inherit their nations 35

Judgement is coming!
On that day the LORD will punish the host
of heaven, in heaven, and the kings of the
earth, on the earth. They will be gathered
together as prisoners in a pit; they will be
shut up in a prison,
Isaiah 24:21–23 36

Judgement is coming!
and after many days they will be punished.
Then the moon will be confounded and
the sun ashamed, for the LORD of hosts
reigns on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and his glory will be before his elders.
Isaiah 24:21–23 37

The world is under evil control
He has delivered us from the domain
of darkness and transferred us to the
kingdom of his beloved Son
Colossians 1:13 38

Apply this scripture
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood,
but against the rulers, against the authorities,
against the cosmic powers over this present
darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in
the heavenly places.
Ephesians 6:12 (ESV) 39

Greek
 Rulers-supernatural
power
 Powers-power implying
authority
 World forces-world ruler;
supernatural
 Of darkness-abode of evil
spirits
 Spiritual forces-
supernatural powers
 Of wickedness-evil
intention
 In heavenly places-the sky
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Satan Rules Them
And you were dead in the trespasses and
sins in which you once walked, following
the course of this world, following the
prince of the power of the air, the spirit
that is now at work in the sons of
disobedience—
Ephesians 2:1–2 41

What’s this mean for us?
1. Develop a supernatural worldview
2. Knowledge is power
3. Develop the faith of Abraham
4. Learn spiritual warfare
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Go Away!
Genesis 11